This Is Not A Vibes-Only Podcast
Summary
Hosts David Lat and Zachary Shemtov interview Adam Feldman, creator of Empirical SCOTUS, to analyze Supreme Court data. They discuss updates on birthright citizenship challenges, a New Yorker profile of Chief Justice Roberts, and the November argument calendar, including St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy. The episode also covers Marquette Law School polling on public opinion and Feldman’s statistical insights into the Court’s ideological splits and the "3-3-3" justice alignment theory.
Topics discussed
Introduction and guest Adam Feldman
Episode overview and Luigi Mangione trial update
Birthright citizenship ruling and First Circuit discussion
New Yorker article on Chief Justice Roberts
November cases: St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy
November cases: Nielsen v. Watanabe and jury size
Ads and transition to polling data
Public opinion polling on the Supreme Court
Adam Feldman on court ideology and the 3-3-3 thesis
Defining judicial ideology and nuance in data
Circuit court updates: Jack Daniels and Meta liability
Fifth Circuit ruling on appliance regulations
Luigi Mangione trial: Anonymous jury decision
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